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    "# The Basic Model Interface (BMI)\n",
    "\n",
    "The Basic Model Interface (BMI) is a set of functions for querying, modifying, and running models. A BMI is added, noninvasively, to a model. We'll explore how BMI works with a pair of Jupyter Notebooks.\n",
    "\n",
    "*Note:* The *heat* package from the [Python BMI example](https://github.com/csdms/bmi-example-python) repository is required for these examples.\n",
    "\n",
    "*  [Run the *Heat* model](bmi-run-model.ipynb)\n",
    "   * View model source code\n",
    "   * Set up the model\n",
    "   * Run the model\n",
    "   * View output\n",
    "\n",
    "*  [Run the *Heat* model through its BMI](bmi-run-model-from-bmi.ipynb)\n",
    "   * View model BMI source code\n",
    "   * Set up the model through its BMI\n",
    "   * Run the model\n",
    "   * View output\n",
    "\n",
    "Additional information:\n",
    "  * [BMI documentation](https://bmi.readthedocs.io)\n",
    "  * [BMI repository](https://github.com/csdms/bmi)\n",
    "  * [Python BMI specification](https://github.com/csdms/bmi-python)\n",
    "  * [Python BMI example](https://github.com/csdms/bmi-example-python)\n"
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